13: Elusion [Action]

[invidia_keeper]

[For those who want to try to get Naoya for his part in Kohaku's death, this is the post. He's hiding out in the deeper parts of the forest, and he is fully expecting all those who tried to come after him before to come again-- he's especially on the look out for Patchoulie

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[cowledcrusader]

[...He's seen enough. Batman had been lurking not far from Naoya's position when Patchouli arrived on the scene. He originally had intended to make his move, but the witch's spell barrage gave him pause and he waited for how the battle would play out.

Now it's blatantly obvious. Patchouli will kill Naoya if he doesn't act now. He quickly draws a Batstar from his utility belt in his right hand, and his grapple gun in his left.

First, gotta stop Naoya from getting away. He's injured, but he can teleport. The source of his magic is his COMP in his hands. Batman throws the Batstar from the cover of the trees nearby at the COMP, intending to destroy it in Naoya's hands.

Then, he immediately takes aim with his grapple gun at Patchouli. He fires it at the hovering witch, aiming to have the grapple cable wrap around her legs. He regrets having to do this. When it secures itself, he activates the gun's electroshock function set to a lower voltage. It should be enough to incapacitate her, but not do any permenant damage.]

[invidia_keeper]

[Way too busy trying to figure out how to get away from Patchoulie to notice the batstar. And the COMP goes boom.

Cue lots of cursing in a barrage of languages.

Is that Batman? He'd stop and question more, but Naoya being Naoya will be trying to run away now and failing. He may not have a COMP, but he's going to do his best to try to scuttle away while Batman's reasonably distracted.

Limp, limp, fail running.]

[1week_wizard]

-Patchouli, on the other hand, has collapsed from the sudden force of the shock applied to her body. Rough landing aside, she'll be fine. The shock kept her throat from closing up under the stress, at least.-

[cowledcrusader]

[Batman's not too worried about him escaping too quickly. ...He'll be a joke to track considering he's bleeding and injured. Before he gives chase, he loosens the wire from Patchouli and retracts it. He quickly dashes over to check her vitals; unconscious, just as he'd hoped.

...Now then. His frown deepens and he quickens a pace into the shadows and all but disappears into the forest in pursuit. He'll be catching up to you fast, Naoya. But will you see him coming before he gets you?]

[invidia_keeper]

[Naoya's been around long to know the feeling of when someone's following him-- even if he's not sure where exactly Batman is.

But his body can't exactly keep up with his demands anymore, so he'll be stumbling none too gRracefully into a tree, and eventually wind up slumping sitting at its base. He figures he's close by now...]

Thanks for your help. [Not sore that you broke his COMP at all.]

What do you want with me?

[Because he's damn sure he's covered his tracks, and if its word against word that isn't enough to hold him. He just underestimated how good of a hacker batman is.]

[cowledcrusader]

[Batman appears out of the forest from his left flank. He menacingly towers over the slumping Naoya. His eyes narrow as he stops near him, almost daring him to make a move. His voice laced with a cold, withering tone.]

You already know the answer.

[invidia_keeper]

[He adjusts his haori-- he would make a move if he was in a position to make one. But he can have a stare back in return that's rather eerie, like he's done this many times before.]

Dilandau killed her, not me. It's not my responsibility for his actions.

[cowledcrusader]

[Batman is not impressed with your lies. So he'll step over and haul Naoya to his feet and pin him against the tree.]

You gave a known mentally unstable individual a lethal weapon. That negligance alone is criminal. You cannot pretend your hands are clean.

[The tone in his voice says that he's done this many times before as well.]

[invidia_keeper]

[His wings flutter as he's pushed unceremoniously against the tree. He is far from happy at the moment, and that phrase just set him off.]

Clean? Are my hands clean? [Chuckle, chuckle. Then his face becomes cold again.]

Prove it.

(ooc: sorry naoya think he's left no proof at all, so bats is gonna have to tell him he hacked that one filter on dilandaus recent post. He didn't have time to lock it completely :p.

Then he'll throw a fit and you can lock 'I'm up :).]

[cowledcrusader]

[Still pinning him to the tree with one hand, Batman scowls. He retrieves his journal from his utility belt and opens it to a page he had bookmarked.

When he does so... his conversation with Dilandau not long ago plays through the journal's speaker. As it does so, he tightens his grip on Naoya and pins him harder.]

You're going to wish I let Patchouli kill you with how long you're going to be put away.

1/?

[invidia_keeper]

[And that's enough to utterly shock him. He had locked that. Not as tight as he usually did but tight enough. Or so he thought.]

2/3

[invidia_keeper]

I locked that. You hacked the code. [On another day he would be impressed, but not today. He had a feeling that Atsuro would have been able to if he spent long long enough, but certainly not Batman.

And now he's suddenly aware of how tightly Batman has him pinned against this tree. Cue some thrashing, because his gut instinct in this situation is to get away. Except, he can't.

Curse. curse. curse.]

[invidia_keeper]

[He'll eventually realize that the thrashing isn't doing him any good, and stop on his own.]

How long? You know nothing about the length of time!

...

Hah....Hahahaha...

All this time, and I've never been caught by Batman. My little brother--[Because he's a little too gone at this point to pretend that Abel is his cousin] likes you. Has some of your books and games.

Time, death, it doesn't really matter. [And then he's just going to crack up again. Best to knock him out because he's jumped off the deep end.]

[cowledcrusader]

[That blood curdling laugh disgusts Batman. He didn't expect remorse or repentance. But this was something he was entirely too used to.]

Lights out.

[And with that, Batman punches Naoya in the jaw, intent on knocking him unconscious.]

[invidia_keeper]

[The first murderer and all those copy-cats thereafter him have that laugh in common, it seems.

And that does the trick. Mages were never meant to take physical hits.]

[littlestdevil]

[Now acting on that bad feeling she was getting when she last heard Patchouli's voice over the journal, Koakuma wanders out of the village herself to begin searching.

Considering that Patchouli had sounded...quite angry, among other things, it was a safe bet that she could be found somewhere away from other people, where fewer people could be caught in whatever crossfire was to follow. Of course, Koa doesn't yet know that whatever crossfire there was has already taken place.]